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7 Steps To Prevent Pressure Sores

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requires all health facilities in the Medicare program to track and report data reflecting pressure injury development on all clients. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s patient safety tool, Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals , also provides helpful guidance.

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Future-Proof Your Workforce: Post-Acute Care Reskilling and Upskilling

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The speed of change in healthcare requires post-acute care organizations to take a different approach to job preparedness. Leaders in assisted living, skilled nursing, home health, rehab therapy, wound care, and hospice know you can’t hire all the skills your organization will need tomorrow and in the future.

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2023 Healthcare Trends: Are You Ready?

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A McKinsey & Company survey shows that up to $265 billion worth of care services could shift from traditional healthcare facilities to the home by 2025. With the growth of health services at home, a 2021 report from the U.S. The report also found trends in the kinds of services Medicare beneficiaries receive via telehealth.

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Nursing Home Compliance: Prepare for Focused Inspections

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To align with the latest federal guidance on state nursing home surveys, consider what policies and practices you need to update to better ensure regulatory compliance. Enhanced Nursing Home Oversight. Other calls for reform have come from inside the healthcare industry. CMS Guidance to State Survey Agencies.

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Survey Readiness: Post-Acute Care Compliance Checkup

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Federal and state agencies’ routine surveys of healthcare organizations can be stressful. Whether your focus is skilled nursing, home health, hospice, or another post-acute sector, are you confident in your survey readiness? Regardless of the healthcare setting, you don’t want to be on this type of list.